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Paul Hession capped off a solid season, with a creditable performance in the World Championship semi final over 200m. It was never going to be easy running out of lane 8, and in the end 20:48 was good enough for 10th fastest in the world, matching last years performance in Berlin. Speaking directly...

We have news of great plans for a weekend of athletics related 'fun and games' from our neighbours at Loughrea AC. Fun Events around the Town of Loughrea on Friday night - full list of events to follow Seminar titled “Train Hard Race Easy” taking place on 26th of Sept @ 6pm at the Lough Rea Hotel &...

The recent Clare River Harriers (CRH) A.C. 10 Kilometres (6.2 miles) road race in Claregalway was a tremendous success with over 200 runners taking to the roads around Claregalway. This race also incorporated the Galway County AAI 10K Road championships for 2009. The race was sponsored by the...

We were all absolutely thrilled to hear of Olive Loughnane's silver medal success in Berlin at the World Athletics Championships. It's so exciting to realise that two Galwegians, and such close neighbours, are representing both their clubs and their country on the world athletics stage with such...

Jane Ann Healy established another personal best on the roads in Dublin this weekend with a strong performance in the Frank Duffy Ten Mile Road Race. Fresh from a very strong performance in the streets of Galway Jane Ann carried that same form into the Dublin race and delivered a personal best time...

Over the last few months, 3 Athenry AC members have been deep in training for their toughest adventure yet. Last Saturday, Ray O' Connor, Mick Rice and Valerie Glavin took on 100 miles of Connemara roads in the Connemara 100. A number of other members were there to organise, support and cheer them...

Update: A great run for Paul in the quarter final sees him safely through to the semi final. Semi final is tomorrow evening at 6:25 Irish time. Let's hope he gets a good draw! Update: Hession safely negotiates the first round in a time of 20.66. Despite a relatively weak looking field, Hession's...

Long standing, and some would say long-suffering, Athenry AC secretary Iain Shaw was in superb form at the Woodies Masters Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Sunday. Although Iain has graced many road races in an Athenry singlet, I'm sure he'd be the first to admit that he's not built for...

Clare River Harriers hosted a very successful running of their annual 10KM Road race last evening on their new 5KM course. The event stayed fine, just, and at least 150 athletes lined up at the start. Two loops of the new 5KM course ensued - including a double incline of the gut-busting Rock Road...

From: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/15686 ‘Like a bat out of shell’ — egg company to sponsor rocket Hession Galway Advertiser, August 13, 2009. Kevin Towey, managing director of Galway Free Range Eggs with Paul Hession. Leading egg company Galway Free Range Eggs has this week announced its...

Another Great Night Out At The ‘Streets’ Galway City Harriers hosted another superb edition of their flagship ‘Streets of Galway’ 8km Road Race under the sponsorship of FUTUR€. It was a perfect evening for running and there was a huge contingent of Athenry AC runners taking part. Record Numbers of...

While Peter Delmer might not make it to the start line this year, Athenry AC wil be well repesented at this years Streets of Galway 8km. It's shaping up to be a great evening. Best of luck to all!

Photo Above is from the 2008 version of the Swinford Race. Thanks to Tom Hunt (Mayo AC) for the results from this year's event Prizewinners given at the bottom of the page... Posn. No. Time Name category 1 582 25.20 Robert Matthews Senior Men 2 506 25.35 Robert Malseed Senior Men 3 597 26.53 John...

Photo above is from the 2008 Running of the Balla 10k Road Race. Thanks to Tom Hunt of Mayo AC for this copy of the results Prizewinners given at bottom of page... Name Club/Town Category No Position Time Robert Matthews Dunshaughlin AC MS 35 1 32.05 Robert Malseed Mayo AC MS 6 2 32.24 John Byrne...

Picture Above from the 2008 Event - Results Courtesy of James Sexton Kildysart Cultural Festival 4th Annual Dermot Power Memorial 4 mile fun walk and road race at Kildysart 31-07-2009 1 Labeta Dabela Limerick 20.35 2 Dermot Galvin St Johns 21.11 3 Kenneth Rodgers St Cronans 21.17 4 Brian Murphy...

Photos available here! The weather held off for another good night of running at the second edition of the Magic Mile in Dangan last night. Some great racing, with close battles in all 6 races, many athletes posting PBs in a distance with little opportunity to take it easy. Many thanks to wall who...

Paul Hession today ran a seasons best 200m at the Aviva London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace finishing third in 20.40 in what was a high quality field. Paul was fast advancing on second place Wallace Spearmon at the line and another 10 metres could have reversed the result. All looks good for Paul in...

Pictured above: Martina Fahy who produced a personal best performance of 22:02 in the Maree 5km on Wednesday Report by Deirdre Hasset, Athenry AC and Boston Scientific The second Boston Scientific 5km charity race took place last Wed. 22nd July in Maree. This year the nominated charity benefiting...

This weekend saw Athenry AC athletes in action in various part of the country. Ultra running dynamo Valerie Glavin is deep into an ambitious training schedule for the Connemara 100 Mile race next month and in preparation for that event she completed three full marathon distance runs in five days...

On a day when most people in Mayo & Galway were going to or watching the Connacht Football Final the inaugral Tooreen 8k Fun Run/Walk took place. Just under 20 runners and walkers made their way to the start line wondering would they get back to the clubhouse before the next downpour! Shortly after...

The Athenry AC Handicap 10KM AKA "Burger Run" was a huge success last Friday evening around our old 10KM course (start & finish at St. Mary's GAA ground in Carnaun). A beautiful evening and 32 willing competitors. All had to give their estimated finish times beforehand and then run blind i.e...

A Report from Sean Kendrigan on the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Athenry AC was well represented on the first weekend of the All Ireland Juvenile Athletes finals in Tullamore. These finals are held over two weekends. Sixteen athletes from Athenry compete in various events, there were a lot...

This site, along with many other athletic club websites, depends on dedicated amateur photographers for many of the photographs it uses. Their contributions add so much to our enjoyment of our sport and we always try to recognise their work and generosity. In Galway we've been blessed with the...

Pictured above, race organiser David Huane. Photo Credit: John O'Connor Inaugural Ballindine Handicap 4 Mile Race On the 12th July 2009 in the pretty Mayo village of Ballindine, 74 runners and walkers stepped up to the line for the first ever Handicap 4 Mile Race. Some of the most talented athletes...